{"product_id":"anti-harari-ali-kemal-9798258170187","title":"Anti-Harari: The Anatomy of a Technocolonialist Illusion and Somatic Materialism","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat if the most dangerous idea of the 21st century is not artificial intelligence, but the enterprise that tells you, \"you are an algorithm\"?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnti-Harari\u003c\/i\u003e begins by dismantling one of the most dazzling narratives of the tech age: the \"inevitability\" of Dataism. This narrative, circulated under the guise of popular science, is in fact a new theology of power. Just as medieval feudal power was legitimised through divine order, so too is today's algorithmic order legitimised through scholastic dogmas. The reason is the same: to make power permanent. That is why discourse must be as sharp as a sword - and why \"new stories\" are always needed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book targets three fundamental dogmas: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe reduction of the human to an algorithm, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe denial of the will, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand the absolutisation of data.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIt also lays bare the political economy behind them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author does not leave the discussion in abstract philosophy. He descends to the body - the primary source of the paradigm he calls Somatic Materialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe maps a somatic terrain stretching from the nervous system to the gut, from microorganisms to connective tissue. This map reveals: the human being is not a closed computational system; we are an open, vibrating, unpredictable ecosystem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor this reason, the issue is not merely intellectual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a matter of a new property regime being imposed under the name of \"inevitability.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a matter of sovereignty and production relations taking on a new form through algorithmic instruments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a matter of the body becoming a new colonial territory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnti-Harari is not against technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it is against technology being presented as a destiny independent of power relations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause behind what is presented as destiny, there is always a design. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spectre is haunting the algorithm. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe spectre is the body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ali Kemal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258170187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.31d","brand":"Ali Kemal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997617565951,"sku":"9798258170187","price":6.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anti-harari-ali-kemal-9798258170187","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}